2025-10-10 4:23 UTC
Hardware
Sky-Watcher FlexTube 400P SynScan Goto Dobsonian, Player One Uranus-C, Phoenix Wheel 8 x 1.25", (2x) APM Comacorrecting 1.25" ED Barlow 2.7x, Optolong UV/IR-Cut, ZWO ADC
Software
FireCapture, AutoStakkert!, AstroSurface, WinJUPOS, Affinity Photo
Saturn with Tethys and Enceladus on October 10th, 2025.
#Astronomy #Astrophotography
Hardware
Sky-Watcher FlexTube 400P SynScan Goto Dobsonian, Player One Uranus-C, Phoenix Wheel 8 x 1.25", (2x) APM Comacorrecting 1.25" ED Barlow 2.7x, Optolong UV/IR-Cut, ZWO CH4, ZWO ADC
Software
FireCapture, AutoStakkert!, AstroSurface, WinJUPOS, Affinity Photo
Jupiter on October 1st, 2025.
#Astronomy #Astrophotography
2025-09-02 9:54 UTC
Hardware
Sky-Watcher FlexTube 400P SynScan Goto Dobsonian, Player One Uranus-M, Phoenix Wheel 8 x 1.25", (2x) APM Comacorrecting 1.25" ED Barlow 2.7x, Chroma RGB, ZWO ADC
Software
FireCapture, AutoStakkert!, AstroSurface, WinJUPOS, Affinity Photo
Saturn with Tethys, Dione, and Rhea on September 2nd, 2025. 12 years to the night after my first shot of the ringed planet with an EdgeHD 8 and original USB 2.0 ASI120MM.
#Astronomy #Astrophotography
2025-10-13 10:19-10:27, 11:54, 12:35 UTC
Cibolo, Texas, USA
Sky-Watcher FlexTube 400P SynScan, Player One Uranus-C & M, APM Comacorrecting 1.25" ED Barlow 2.7x, Optolong UV/IR-Cut, Baader 685nm IR-Pass, ZWO ADC
FireCapture, AutoStakkert!, AstroSurface, PixInsight, WinJUPOS, Affinity Photo
Jupiter occulted the star a couple hours later as the Sun was rising. Look closely and you can see it become more twinkly in the moments before it disappears, a glimpse of Jovian seeing conditions from my backyard on Earth.
Jupiter was in the line of sight between us and the magnitude 7.9 star HD 61660 on October 13th, appearing as an interloper among the Galilean Moons. It's an orange star 25x more luminous than the Sun and 660 light years away. Europa had a very close pass from home.
#Astronomy #Astrophotography
2025-08-03 6:47-11:29 UTC
Cibolo, Texas, USA (29° N, 98° W)
Hardware
Sky-Watcher FlexTube 400P SynScan, Player One Uranus-C, Phoenix Wheel 8 x 1.25", APM Comacorrecting 1.25" ED Barlow 2.7x, Optolong UV/IR-cut, ZWO ADC
Software
FireCapture, AutoStakkert!, AstroSurface, Affinity Photo, HQ Animate
Titan casting its shadow on Saturn on August 3rd, 2025. Tethys is also transiting just above the rings, but they were blocking the view its shadow.
#Astronomy #Astrophotography
2025-09-19 9:25 UTC
Cibolo, TX, USA (29° N, 98° W)
Hardware
Sky-Watcher FlexTube 400P SynScan, Player One Uranus-M, Phoenix Wheel 8 x 1.25", (2x) APM Comacorrecting 1.25" ED Barlow 2.7x, Baader 685nm IR-pass, ZWO ADC
Software
FireCapture, AutoStakkert!, AstroSurface, WinJUPOS, Affinity Photo
Neptune and Triton on September 19th, 2025. Look carefully and you'll notice the subtle gradient from brighter in the south to darker in the north.
#Astronomy #Astrophotography
2025-09-10 11:32 UTC
Cibolo, Texas, USA (29° N, 98° W)
Hardware
Sky-Watcher FlexTube 400P SynScan, Player One Uranus-M, (2x) APM Comacorrecting 1.25" ED Barlow 2.7x, Chroma Red, 550/110, Blue (pre-2019), ZWO ADC
Software
FireCapture, AutoStakkert!, AstroSurface, WinJUPOS, Affinity Photo
Jupiter with the Great Red Spot near the central meridian.
Jupiter on September 10th, 2025.
#Astronomy #Astrophotography
2025-08-30 10:25 UTC
Cibolo, Texas, USA (29° N, 98° W)
Hardware
Sky-Watcher FlexTube 400P SynScan, Player One Uranus-M, Phoenix Wheel 8 x 1.25", (2x) APM Comacorrecting 1.25" ED Barlow 2.7x, Baader 685nm IR-pass, ZWO ADC
Software
FireCapture, AutoStakkert!, AstroSurface, WinJUPOS, Affinity Photo
Uranus with several of its moons on August 30th, 2025.
#Astronomy #Astrophotography
2024-11-17 8:51 UTC
Cibolo, Texas, USA (29° N, 98° W)
Hardware
Sky-Watcher FlexTube 400P SynScan Goto Dobsonian, Player One Uranus-C, Optolong UV/IR Cut 1.25", APM Comacorrecting 1.25" ED Barlow 2.7x, ZWO ADC
Software
FireCapture, AutoStakkert!, AstroSurface, WinJUPOS, Affinity Photo
Mars on November 17th, 2024.
#Astronomy #Astrophotography
2025-09-03 11:26 UTC
Cibolo, Texas, USA (29° N, 98° W)
Hardware
Sky-Watcher FlexTube 400P SynScan, Player One Uranus-M, (2x) APM Comacorrecting 1.25" ED Barlow 2.7x, Chroma Red, 550/110, Blue (pre-2019), ZWO ADC
Software
FireCapture, AutoStakkert!, AstroSurface, WinJUPOS, Affinity Photo
Jupiter on September 3rd, 2025.
#Astrophotography
2025-08-29 10:14 UTC
Cibolo, Texas, USA (29° N, 98° W)
Hardware
Sky-Watcher FlexTube 400P SynScan, Player One Uranus-C, Phoenix Wheel 8 x 1.25", (2x) APM Comacorrecting 1.25" ED Barlow 2.7x, Optolong UV/IR-Cut, ZWO ADC
Software
FireCapture, AutoStakkert!, AstroSurface, WinJUPOS, Affinity Photo
Saturn on August 29th, 2025.
#Astrophotography
Hardware
Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED, EQ6-R Pro, QHY268M-PH, CFW3M-US, OAG-M Pro, QHY5III585M, Astrodon E-Series LRGB 36mm, Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox v2, Motor Focus Kit v2, Intel NUC12WSKi3
Software
N.I.N.A., PHD2 Guiding, PixInsight, GraXpert, Affinity Photo
Lum: 103x90s (2.6h)
Red: 20x180s (1.0h)
Green: 16x180s (0.8h)
Blue: 15x180s (0.8h)
Total time: 5.1h
2025-02-02, 2025-03-01, 2025-03-29
South Llano River State Park, Junction, Texas, USA (30° N, 99° W)
Cropped image on Barnard 33 and NGC 2023.
Cropped image on Flame Nebula and Alnitak, the left star Orion's belt.
Cropped image on IC 341 and IC 342.
Cropped image on IC 435.
Crops on various regions of interest around the image.
Image of the Horsehead Nebula, Flame Nebula, Alnitak, and other features of interest around it in the constellation of Orion.
Horsehead & Flame Nebulas with Alnitak, the bright star on the left of Orion's belt.
#Astrophotography
2025-08-29 11:35 UTC
Cibolo, Texas, USA (29° N, 98° W)
Hardware
Sky-Watcher FlexTube 400P SynScan, Player One Uranus-M, Phoenix Wheel 8 x 1.25", (2x) APM Comacorrecting 1.25" ED Barlow 2.7x, Chroma RGB, ZWO ADC
Software
FireCapture, AutoStakkert!, AstroSurface, WinJUPOS, Affinity Photo
Jupiter with the Great Red Spot on August 29th, 2025.
#Astrophotography
2025-08-09 11:04
Cibolo, Texas, USA (29° N, 98° W)
Hardware
Sky-Watcher FlexTube 400P SynScan, Player One Uranus-C, Phoenix Wheel 8 x 1.25", (2x) APM Comacorrecting 1.25" ED Barlow 2.7x, Optolong UV/IR-Cut, ZWO ADC
Software
FireCapture, AutoStakkert!, AstroSurface, WinJUPOS, Affinity Photo
